Leaching of nitrogen, phosphorus, TOC and COD from the biosolids of the municipal wastewater treatment plant of Thessaloniki

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 331-338

  Batziaka, V ^a   Fytianos, K ^a   Voudrias, E ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biosolids; COD; Leaching tests; Nutrients; Sewage sludge; TOC; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOSOLIDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LEACHING; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOXICITY;

AMMONIUM NITROGEN; LEACHING TESTS; MICROTOX TOXICITY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; LEACHATE; LEACHING; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; PHOSPHORUS; SLUDGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOXICITY TEST; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREECE; LEACHING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

GREECE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THESSALONIKI; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 41749091113     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9871-3     Document Type: Article

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